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  "id": 601400,
  "title": "John Ivison: Carney criticizes Infantino’s FIFA plan, but Soccer Canada’s history is hardly spotless",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/john-ivison-carney-criticizes-infantinos-fifa-plan-but-soccer-canadas",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-11T19:57:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "National Post",
    "slug": "national-post",
    "url": "https://nationalpost.com/opinion/john-ivison-carney-criticizes-infantinos-fifa-plan-but-soccer-canadas-history-is-hardly-spotless"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "As president of Canada Soccer, Victor Montagliani was the architect of a deal that looked similar in many ways to the one conceived by Infantino",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "When MAGA met FIFA: Inside Trump’s cosy relationship with Gianni Infantino",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/when-maga-met-fifa-inside-trumps-cosy-relationship-with-gianni",
        "published": "2026-08-11T12:10:16.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "ABC News",
        "title": "Trump says FIFA would be making 'terrible mistake' to remove Infantino",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/trump-says-fifa-would-be-making-terrible-mistake-to-remove-infantino",
        "published": "2026-08-11T21:28:23.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "FIFA’s Infantino backed by six Arab federations including Qatar and Morocco",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/fifas-infantino-backed-by-six-arab-federations-including-qatar-and-757347",
        "published": "2026-08-13T09:18:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Times of Israel",
        "title": "Six Arab countries rally behind FIFA chief Infantino amid calls for his ouster",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/six-arab-countries-rally-behind-fifa-chief-infantino-amid-calls-for",
        "published": "2026-08-13T18:59:07.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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